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Hardcover volume, 24.2 x 17.2 cm, bound in black buckram with blind barbed wire design and silver lettering to front cover and spine, pp.: [2] 3-892 [4]. Одеський мартиролог: Данi про репресованих Одеси i Одеськоï областi за роки радянськоï влады (Серiя «Реабiлiтованi iсторiэю») (Том 3) / Уклад.: Л. В. Ковальчук, Г. О. Разумов— Одеса : ОКФА, 2005. Title-page: Научно-документальная серия книг | «РЕАБИЛИТИРОВАННЫЕ ИСТОРИЕЙ» | ОДЕССКИЙ | МАРТИРОЛОГ | ТОМ 3 | Одесса | ОКФА | 2005 || ISBN: 966-571-124-5 Print run: 1,000 copies. Ковальчук, Лидия Всеволодовна Разумов, Георгий Александрович -
Hardcover volume from the series Masterworks of ukiyo-e, 26.5 x 19.1 cm, bound in unprimed canvas, red characters on black strip to front 春信, red and black lettering to spine, cream embossed endpapers, in a pictorial slipcase with series design (black lettering on silver spine); pp: [1-6]: h.t./frontis. (colour plate pasted in), t.p./imprint, contents/blank), 7-30 text, [2] faux-title, 33-96 (66 colour plates w/captions). Title-page (in frame): MASTERWORKS OF UKIYO-E | HARUNOBU | by Seiichirō Takahashi | English adaptation by John Bester | {publisher’s device} | KODANSHA INTERNATIONAL LTD. | Tokyo, Japan & Palo-Alto, Calif., U.S.A | {vertical, between rules 春信} || Series: Masterworks of ukiyo-e, № 6. Contributors: Seiichirō Takahashi [高橋誠一郎] (Japanese, 1884 – 1982) – author. Suzuki Harunobu [鈴木 春信] (Japanese, 1725 – 1770) – artist. John Bester (British, 1927 – 2010) – adaptation. -
Hardcover volume, 21.8 x 15.5 x 6 cm, bound in black cloth with blind-stamped lettering to front and gilt lettering to spine, yellow endpapers, outer margin trimmed rough, pp.: [i-xiv] h.t./blank, advert./blank,t.p./copyright, dedicat./family, family/blank, edit./blank, [1-2] f.t./blank, 3-589 [5 blanks]; 608 pp (304 leaves) total; blue ink ms to fep “…from the Pembroke College Club of New York”; in a black dust jacket with yellow and green lettering to front and spine, portrait to back, unclipped $8.95. Title-page: VLADIMIR | NABOKOV | ADA | OR ARDOR: | A FAMILY | CHRONICLE | McGraw-Hill Book Company • New York • Toronto || Nabokov, Vladimir [Набоков, Владимир Владимирович] (Russian-American, 1899 – 1977) -
Hardcover volume from the series Masterworks of ukiyo-e, 26.3 x 19 cm, bound in unprimed canvas, red characters on black strip to front, red and black lettering to spine, tan flat endpapers, in a pictorial slipcase with series design (black lettering on silver spine); pp: [1-6]: h.t./frontis. (colour plate pasted in), t.p./imprint, contents/acknowledgements), 7-67 text, 27-30 map, 31-32 f.t./blank, 33-96 (65 plates w/captions). Title-page (in frame): MASTERWORKS OF UKIYO-E | HIROSHIGE | FAMOUS VIEWS | by Muneshige Narazaki | English adaptation by Richard L. Gage | {publisher’s device} | KODANSHA INTERNATIONAL LTD. | Tokyo, Japan & Palo-Alto, Calif., U.S.A | {vertical, between rules in ms 広重]} || Series: Masterworks of ukiyo-e, № 5. Edition: 1st edition ©1968, 2nd printing 1970. Muneshige Narazaki [楢崎 宗重] (Japanese, 1904 – 2001) – author. Utagawa Hiroshige [歌川 広重] a.k.a. Andō Hiroshige [安藤 広重] (Japanese, 1797 – 1858) – artist. Richard L. Gage (American, b. 1934) – adaptation. -
Hardcover volume from the series Masterworks of ukiyo-e, 26.3 x 19.2 cm, bound in unprimed canvas, red characters on black strip to front, red and black lettering to spine, tan flat endpapers, in a pictorial slipcase with series design (black lettering on silver spine); pp: [1-6]: h.t./frontis. (colour plate pasted in), t.p./imprint, contents/acknowledgements), 7-31 text, [32] blank, 33-96 (58 plates w/captions). Title-page (in frame): MASTERWORKS OF UKIYO-E | STUDIES IN NATURE | HOKUSAI-HIROSHIGE | by Muneshige Narazaki | Translated by John Bester | {publisher’s device} | KODANSHA INTERNATIONAL LTD. | Tokyo, Japan & Palo-Alto, Calif., U.S.A | {vertical, between rules 花鳥風月} || 花鳥風月 (Kachou Fugetsu) – beauties of nature. Series: Masterworks of ukiyo-e, № 11. Contributors: Muneshige Narazaki [楢崎 宗重] (Japanese, 1904 – 2001) – author. John Bester (British, 1927 – 2010) – translator. Katsushika Hokusai [葛飾 北斎] (Japanese, 1760 – 1849) – artist. Utagawa Hiroshige [歌川 広重] a.k.a. Andō Hiroshige [安藤 広重] (Japanese, 1797 – 1858) – artist. -
Hardcover volume from the series Masterworks of ukiyo-e, 26.5 x 19 cm, bound in unprimed canvas, red ms characters on black strip to front, red and black lettering to spine, tan embossed endpapers, in a pictorial slipcase with series design (black lettering on silver spine); pp: [1-6]: h.t./frontis. (colour plate pasted in), t.p./imprint, contents/acknowledgements), 7-31 text, [32] blank, 33-96 (76 plates w/captions). Title-page (in frame): MASTERWORKS OF UKIYO-E | UTAMARO | by Muneshige Narazaki and Sadao Kikuchi | Translated by John Bester | {publisher’s device} | KODANSHA INTERNATIONAL LTD. | Tokyo, Japan & Palo-Alto, Calif., U.S.A | {vertical, between rules 歌麿} || Series: Masterworks of ukiyo-e, № 4. Contributors: Muneshige Narazaki [楢崎 宗重] (Japanese, 1904 – 2001) – author. Sadao Kikuchi [菊地 貞雄] (Japanese, 1924 – 2017) – author. John Bester (British, 1927 – 2010) – translator. Kitagawa Utamaro [喜多川 歌麿] (Japanese, c. 1753 – 1806) – artist. -
Hardcover volume, 20.7 x 13.5 cm, modern half morocco over marbled boards, gilt lettering and ornament to spine, pp.: [i-vii] viii-xvi [17] 18-255 [256], collated 8vo: 1-168, 128 leaves. Title-page: HIÉROLOGIES | OU | DISCOURS | HISTORIQUES ET DOGMATIQUES | Sur les Superfétations | APPORTÉES A LA RÉVÉLATION DU CHRIST, | PRONONCÉS AU TEMPLE DES CHRÉTIENS PRIMITIFS, | DEPUIS LE 15 AOUT JUSQU’AU 1er DÉCEMBRE 1833, ET DEPUIS LE 2 FÉVRIER | JUSQU’AU 25 MAI 1834, | SUIVIS DU DISCOURS | SUR LES TROIS VERSIONS DE LA BIBLE, | PRONONCÉ LE 20 JUILLET 1834 ; | Par M. le C. Marie de Venise, | VICAIRE PRIMATIAL DE L’EGLISE DE France. | {1 line citation} | — | Paris. | AU BUREAU CENTRAL D’IMPRIMERIE ET DE LIBRAIRE, | Rue Saint-Marc, No 21; | ET AU TEMPLE DES CHRÉTIENS PRIMITIFS, | RUE ET COUR DAMIETTE, PRÈS LA PLACE DU KAIRE. | — | 1834 || Contributors : Félix Ragon (French, 1795 – 1872) – author. Seller's description: [RAGON (Félix) : Hiérologies ou Discours historiques et dogmatiques sur les Superfétations apportées à la révélation du Christ suivis du Discours sur les trois versions de la Bible. Paris, au Bureau central et au Temple des Chrétiens Primitifs, 1834 ; in 8°, demi-basane brune à coins. Reliure pastiche moderne. Edition originale extrêmement rare, dont le tirage est estimé à 50 ex. -
Hardcover, 20.5 x 15.2 cm, pictorial paper over cardboard, cloth-backed; pp.: [1-2] 3-98 [2], last page blank; collated 8vo: 1-58 610; 50 leaves total. Title-page: МАРКО ВОВЧОК | МАРУСЯ | ПОВIСТЬ | УКРАЇНСЬКЕ ВИДАВНИЦТВО | — | КРАКІВ 1943 ЛЬВІВ || Contributors: Марко Вовчок [Marko Vovchok; Марія Олександрівна Вілінська] (Ukrainian, 1833 – 1907) – author. «Українське видавництво» у Кракові-Львові [Verlag: „Ukrainischer Verlag“]– publisher. З друкарні „Поспішної“, Краків, Райхсштрассе 34 [Buchdruck. „Pospieschna“, Krakau, Reichsstrasse 34] – printer. Reichsstrasse (Krakow, Poland) = Ulica Karmelicka (Kraków, Poland). The French version of the Ukrainian name Маруся —> MAROUSSIA. The French version of the book: LIB-2674.2021. Other variants of the author's name Марко Вовчок: Markowovzok and Marko Vovtchok. -
Hardcover, 22.8 x 17.6 cm, green buckram, black and red vignette and black lettering to front cover, pp.: [1-2], 3-98 [2], last page colophon; collated 8vo: 1-68 72, total 50 leaves plus 7 leaves of two-colour chromolithograph plates, incl. frontispiece, after Сергiй Адамович, extraneous to collation; b/w initials and in-text vignettes; yellow block type at the beginning and at the end of the story; purple ink library stamp to pp. 1 (t.p.) and 99: 2-а ИЗЮМСЬКА | МIСЬКА ДИТЯЧА | БIБЛIОТЕКА || in frame and ink ms number 17794. Title-page (red and black): МАРКО ВОВЧОК | Маруся | Оповідання | {vignette} | ДЕРЖАВНЕ ВИДАВНИЦТВО ДИТЯЧОЇ ЛIТЕРАТУРИ УССР | Київ | 1959 || Print run: 34,000 copies. Translation to Ukrainian from Russian. Contributors: Марко Вовчок [Marko Vovchok; Марія Олександрівна Вілінська] (Ukrainian, 1833 – 1907) – author. Сергiй Адамович [Serhii Adamovych] (Ukrainin, 1922 – 1998) – artist. The French version of the Ukrainian name Маруся —> MAROUSSIA. The French version of the book: LIB-2674.2021; another copy of the Ukrainian edition (1943): LIB-3136.2023. Other variants of the author's name Марко Вовчок: Markowovzok and Marko Vovtchok. -
Hardcover, 20.7 x 14.7 cm, pictorial glossy paper over cardboard, vignettes and lettering to front and back covers, pp. [1-2] 3-140 [4]; collated 8vo: 1-98, total 72 leaves. Five full-page plates and numerous tailpieces after woodcuts by Myron Levytsky. This is a translation from the French version of Pierre-Jules Hetzel into Ukrainian, published in Toronto and New York in 1971: Марко Вовчок. Маруся. Повiсть. З французского видання П.-Ж. Сталя. — Торонто, Нью-Йорк: Бiблiотека молодi, 1971. Vignettes to the covers and other design elements are by Л. Гринiв. Title-page: МАРКО ВОВЧОК | МАРУСЯ | ПОВIСТЬ | Львів | “Поклик сумління” | 1993 || Contributors: Марко Вовчок [Marko Vovchok; Марія Олександрівна Вілінська] (Ukrainian, 1833 – 1907) – author. Іван Овксентійович Денисюк (Ukrainin, 1924 – 2009) – author/foreword. Мирон Миколайович Левицький [Myron Levytsky] (Ukrainin-Canadian, 1913 – 1993) – artist. Pierre-Jules Hetzel [P.-J. Stahl] (French, 1814 – 1886) – author. The French version of the Ukrainian name Маруся —> MAROUSSIA. The French version of the book: LIB-2674.2021; other copies of the Ukrainian edition (1943): LIB-3136.2023, LIB-3137.2023 (1959) and LIB-3170.2023 – all translated from the Russian by Vasyl Domanytskyi [Василь Миколайович Доманицький, Василий Николаевич Доманицкий] (Ukrainian, 1877 – 1910). Other variants of the name Марко Вовчок: Markowovzok and Marko Vovtchok. -
Paperback, 21.3 x 14.5 cm, publisher’s grey and black wrappers with black and grey lettering, respectively; pp. [1-4] 5-151 [1], 152 pages total; collated 8vo: 1-98 104, 76 leaves total. Title-page: В. ПРОПП | МОРФОЛОГИЯ СКАЗКИ | «ACADEMIA» | ЛЕНИНГРАД | 1928 || Frontispiece: ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ ИНСТИТУТ ИСТОРИИ ИСКУССТВ | ВОПРОСЫ ПОЭТИКИ | НЕПЕРИОДИЧЕСКАЯ СЕРИЯ, ИЗДАВАЕМАЯ | ОТДЕЛОМ СЛОВЕСНЫХ ИСКУССТВ | ВЫПУСК XII | «ACADEMIA» | ЛЕНИНГРАД | 1928 || English title: [LIB-1615.2018] V. Propp. Morphology of the Folktale. — Austin: University of Texas Press, 1979. Print run: 1,600 copies. Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова № 328, p. 199. Contributors: Владимир Яковлевич Пропп [Vladimir Propp] (Russian, 1895 – 1970) See also [LIB-1710.2019] (circulation copy) В. Я. Пропп. Исторические корни волшебной сказки (2-е изд.) — Л.: Изд-во ЛГУ, 1986 and (first edition) [LIB-3184.2023] В. Я. Пропп. Исторические корни волшебной сказки. — Л.: Изд-во Ленинградского ун-та, 1946. -
Hardcover volume, 35 x 26.8 cm, bound in grey cloth, blind stamped characters to front, brown characters to spine, in a double slipcase, the outer case pictorial paper over cardboard, 36 x 28.2 cm, pp.: [4] [1] 2-144 (plates with photographs of 332 items), [2] 147-182 [4]. 鍋島 – Nabeshima – book title. 日本の陶磁 – Japanese ceramics, series title. Contributors: Yasunari Kawabata [川端 康成] (Japanese, 1924 – 1972) – author. Tetsuzo Tanikawa [谷川 徹三] (Japanese, 1895 – 1989) – author. Seizo Hayashiya [林屋晴三] (Japanese, 1928 – 2017) – editor. Chūōkōron-sha [中央公論社] – publisher. -
Hardcover volume, 35.2 x 27 cm, bound in grey cloth, blind stamped characters to front, brown characters to spine, in a glassine dust jacket, in a double slipcase, the outer case pictorial paper over cardboard, 36 x 28 cm, pp.: [4] [1] 2-104 (plates with photographs of 206 items), [2] 107-138 [4]. Kakiemon [柿右衛門] – book title. 日本の陶磁 – Japanese ceramics, series title. Contributors: Yasunari Kawabata [川端 康成] (Japanese, 1924 – 1972) – author. Tetsuzo Tanikawa [谷川 徹三] (Japanese, 1895 – 1989) – author. Seizo Hayashiya [林屋晴三] (Japanese, 1928 – 2017) – editor. Chūōkōron-sha [中央公論社] – publisher. -
Hardcover volume, 35.3 x 27 cm, bound in grey cloth, blind stamped characters to front, brown characters to spine, in a glassine dust jacket, in a double slipcase, the outer case pictorial paper over cardboard, 36 x 28 cm, pp.: [4] [1] 2-88 (plates with photographs of 129 items), [2] 91-108 [3]. Seto ware [瀬戸焼] (Seto-yaki) – ceramics produced in and around the city of Seto in Aichi Prefecture. Yellow seto [黄瀬戸] (Kiseto) – a yellow glaze seto ware. Black seto [瀬戸黒] (Setoguro) – a black glaze seto ware. 日本の陶磁 – Japanese ceramics, series title. Contributors: Yasunari Kawabata [川端 康成] (Japanese, 1924 – 1972) – author. Tetsuzo Tanikawa [谷川 徹三] (Japanese, 1895 – 1989) – author. Seizo Hayashiya [林屋晴三] (Japanese, 1928 – 2017) – editor. Chūōkōron-sha [中央公論社] – publisher. -
Hardcover volume, 35 x 26.8 cm, bound in grey cloth, blind stamped characters to front, brown characters to spine, in a slipcase, the outer case missing, pp.: [4] [1] 2-136 (plates with photographs of 211 items), [2] 139-166 [4]. Kutani ware [九谷焼] (Kutani-yaki); old kutani [古九谷] (kokutani) – ceramic objects produced in Kutani in the 17th century. 日本の陶磁 – Japanese ceramics, series title. Contributors: Yasunari Kawabata [川端 康成] (Japanese, 1924 – 1972) – author. Tetsuzo Tanikawa [谷川 徹三] (Japanese, 1895 – 1989) – author. Seizo Hayashiya [林屋晴三] (Japanese, 1928 – 2017) – editor. Chūōkōron-sha [中央公論社] – publisher. -
Hardcover volume, 35.1 x 27 cm, bound in grey cloth, blind stamped characters to front, brown characters to spine, in a glassine dust jacket, in a double slipcase, the outer case pictorial paper over cardboard, 36 x 27.8 cm, pp.: [4] [1] 2-108 (plates with photographs of 217 items), [2] [111] 112-150 [3]. Imari ware [伊万里焼] (Imari-yaki) – ceramics produced in and around the area of Arita, in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyūshū. 日本の陶磁 – Japanese ceramics, series title. Old imari [古伊万里] (koimari) – book title. Contributors: Yasunari Kawabata [川端 康成] (Japanese, 1924 – 1972) – author. Tetsuzo Tanikawa [谷川 徹三] (Japanese, 1895 – 1989) – author. Seizo Hayashiya [林屋晴三] (Japanese, 1928 – 2017) – editor. Chūōkōron-sha [中央公論社] – publisher. -
Hardcover volume, 35 x 27 cm, bound in grey cloth, blind stamped characters to front, brown characters to spine, in a slipcase, the outer case missing, pp.: [4] [1] 2-116 (plates with photographs of 202 items), [2] 119-154 [4]. Ninsei [仁清] and Kenzan [乾山] ceramics produced by Ninsei Nonomura [野々村仁清] (Japanese, c. 1640 – c. 1690) and Ogata Kenzan [尾形 乾山] (Japanese, 1663 – 1743), respectively. 日本の陶磁 – Japanese ceramics, series title. Contributors: Yasunari Kawabata [川端 康成] (Japanese, 1924 – 1972) – author. Tetsuzo Tanikawa [谷川 徹三] (Japanese, 1895 – 1989) – author. Seizo Hayashiya [林屋晴三] (Japanese, 1928 – 2017) – editor. Chūōkōron-sha [中央公論社] – publisher. -
Hardcover volume, 35 x 27 cm, bound in grey cloth, blind stamped characters to front, brown characters to spine, in a glassine dust jacket, in a double slipcase, the outer case pictorial paper over cardboard, 36 x 28 cm, pp.: [4] [1] 2-124 (plates with photographs of 241 items), [2] 127-171 [3]. Kyō ware [京焼] (Kyō-yaki) – pottery from Kyoto. 日本の陶磁 – Japanese ceramics, series title. Contributors: Yasunari Kawabata [川端 康成] (Japanese, 1924 – 1972) – author. Tetsuzo Tanikawa [谷川 徹三] (Japanese, 1895 – 1989) – author. Seizo Hayashiya [林屋晴三] (Japanese, 1928 – 2017) – editor. Chūōkōron-sha [中央公論社] – publisher. -
Hardcover, 20 x 14 cm, owner’s later green buckram with the original wrapper pasted to front board: wood engraving printed in green (egg and dart border with “1925” on top and “ИЗД-ВО «БЫЛОЕ» ЛЕНИНГРАД” in the bottom, inside the border a pictorial frame, depicting chains, manacles, and axes with red and green lettering inside: “ЦАРСКАЯ РОССИЯ (framed) | РУССКИЙ | РОКАМБОЛЬ | ПРИКЛЮЧЕНИЯ | МАНАСЕВИЧА-МАНУЙЛОВА | {fleuron}”; in the bottom corners of the frame monogrammed letters “В” and “Б”, for Вениамин Белкин (Veniamin Belkin). Pagination: [1-4] 5-239 [240]; collated 8vo: [1]-158, total 120 leaves. Title-page: — | К. Бецкий и П. Павлов | РУССКИЙ РОКАМБОЛЬ | (ПРИКЛЮЧЕНИЯ И. Ф. МАНАСЕВИЧА-МАНУЙЛОВА) | — | ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО «БЫЛОЕ» | ЛЕНИНГРАД • 1925 || Print run: 5,000 copies. Contributors: Вениамин Павлович Белкин [Veniamin Belkin] (Russian, 1884 – 1951) – artist of the cover. К. Бецкий (pseudonym), real name Иосиф Яковлевич Кобецкий (Jewish-Russian, ? – ?) – author. П. Павлов (pseudonym), real name Павел Елисеевич Щеголев (Russian, 1877 – 1931) – author. Иван Фёдорович Манасевич-Мануйлов [Исаак Тодресович Манасевич, Ivan Manassievitch-Manouïlov] (Jewish-Russian, 1869/71—1918) – character. -
Paperback brochure, 17.5 x 12.8 cm, in publisher’s wrappers, blue and brown lettering in an architectural frame to front, publisher’s device and price in blue to back; errata slip laid in; pp.: [1-6] 7-76 [4]; collated 8vo: 1-58, total 40 leaves. Title-page (red and black): ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО | “ACADEMIA” | КАТАЛОГ ИЗДАНИЙ | 1929—1933 | С ПРИЛОЖЕНИЕМ ПЛАНА | ИЗДАНИЙ НА ТРЕХЛЕТИЕ | 1933—1935 | МОСКВА—ЛЕНИНГРАД | 1932 || Print run: 10,000 copies. -
Hardcover volume, 20.8 x 13.5 cm, pictorial paper backed with grey cloth, black and white lettering to spine (serial design), pp.: [1-4] 5-333 [3]; collated 8vo: 1-218; total 168 leaves plus 13 photomechanical plates. Title-page (blue and black): Евг. Брандис | МАРКО ВОВЧОК | ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО | ЦК ВЛКСМ | «МОЛОДАЯ ГВАРДИЯ» | — || Frontispiece (blue and black): ЖИЗНЬ | ЗАМЕЧАТЕЛЬНЫХ | ЛЮДЕЙ | Серия биографий | ОСНОВАНА | В 1933 ГОДУ | М. ГОРЬКИМ | ВЫПУСК 19 / 460 {torch} МОСКВА / 1968 || Print-run: 100,000 copies. Contributors: Евгений Павлович Бра́ндис (Russian, 1916 – 1985) – author. Марко Вовчок [Марія Олександрівна Вілінська, Marko Vovtchok] (Ukrainian, 1833 – 1907) – character. Борис Борисович Лобач-Жученко (Russian, 1899 – 1995) – dedicatee. -
Hardcover volume, 18.2 x 11.8 cm, bound in quarter black polished calf with gilt lettering “cartonnage romantique” design to spine, marbled boards, matching marbled endpapers, blue margins. Title-page: SCÈNES | DE LA BOHÊME | PAR | HENRY MURGER | {publisher’s device ML} | PARIS | MICHEL LÉVY FRÈRES, LIBRAIRES-ÉDITEURS | RUE VIVIENNE, 2 bis. | 1851 || Half-title: ŒUVRES | D’HENRY MURGER || Advertisement: Chez le même Éditeurs. | BIBLIOTHEQUE CONTEMPORAINE | (page of text) || Collation: π2 (h.t/advert., t.p. / blank), 1-33 (17)12, χ6; total 212 leaves without ffls (3 front, 2 back). Pagination: [2] – h.t. / blank, [2] – t.p. / blank, [i] ii-xiii [xiv blank], [1] 2-406; total 424 pages. Scènes de la bohême, in later editions Scènes de la vie de bohème. Translations: Into English: LIB-2719.2021. Henri Murger. The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter. (Scènes de la vie de Bohême) / Translated from the French. — London: Vizetelly & Co., 1883. Into German: LIB-2686.2021. Henri Murger. Die Bohème : Szenen aus dem Pariser Künstlerleben. — Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1906. Into Russian: LIB-3182.2023. А. Мюрже. Сцены из жизни богемы / Пер. с франц. и прим. Е. А. Гунста; вст. ст. С. И. Великовского; художник Н. А. Кравченко. — М.: Художественная литература, 1963. Contributors: Murger, Henri [Henry] (French, 1822 – 1861) – author. -
Paperback, 21.3 x 14 cm, original grey wrappers, vignette and lettering in frame, lettering to spine, publisher’s device to back, all in blue; pp.: [1-4] 5-112. Title-page: МАРКО ВОВЧОК | МАРУСЯ | ПОВIСТЬ | {fleuron} | ВИДАННЯ | СОЮЗУ УКРАÏНЦIВ У ВЕЛИКIЙ БРИТАНIÏ | ЛОНДОН 1967 || Title-page verso: “MARUSIA” | by | MARKO VOVCHOK | NOVEL IN UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE | — | REPRINT | — | Republished by | ASSOCIATION OF UKRAINIANS IN GREAT BRITAIN LTD. | (PUBLISHING DEPARTMENT) | {four lines of text in double-rules} | Printed in the United Kingdom for Association of Ukrainians | in Great Britain Ltd. by | Ukrainian Publishers Limited, 200 Liverpool Rd., London, N. 1. || The French version of the Ukrainian name Маруся —> MAROUSSIA. The French version of the book: LIB-2674.2021; another copy of the Ukrainian edition (1943): LIB-3136.2023. Other variants of the author's name Марко Вовчок: Markowovzok and Marko Vovtchok. Contributors: Марко Вовчок [Marko Vovchok; Марія Олександрівна Вілінська] (Ukrainian, 1833 – 1907) – author. Василь Миколайович Доманицький [Василий Николаевич Доманицкий; Vasyl Domanytskyi] (1877 – 1910) – translator from Russian to Ukrainian. Святомир Фостун (Ukrainian, 1924 – 2004) – foreword. -
Softcover, 24 x 18 cm, black and white original wrappers, lettering; pp. [1-6] 7-541 [3]; purple ink library stamps and numbers. Title-page: ПРОЦЕСС “ПРОМПАРТИИ” | (25 ноября – 7 декабря 1930 г.) | СТЕНОГРАММА | СУДЕБНОГО ПРОЦЕССА | И МАТЕРИАЛЫ, | ПРИОБЩЕННЫЕ К ДЕЛУ | 1931 | ОГИЗ — “СОВЕТСКОЕ ЗАКОНОДАТЕЛЬСТВО” — МОСКВА || Процесс Промпартии [Industrial Party Trial] Андрей Януарьевич Вышинский [Andrey Vyshinsky] (Russian, 1883 – 1954) – chairman. Николай Васильевич Крыленко [Nikolai Krylenko] (Russian, 1885 – 1938) – public prosecutor. -
Paperback, 25 x 17 cm, publisher’s wrappers with red and black lettering in a pictorial frame by Vysheslavstev; pp.: [i-vii] viii-xv [xvi blank], [1-5] 6-348 [4]; collated 8vo: π8 1-228, total 184 leaves, 368 pages; gatherings 1-22 uncut. Because the author was banned, lettering on the spine was covered by a glued strip of blank paper; only the year 1922 was left visible. Front wrapper: ОЧЕРК | РАЗВИТИЯ | РУССКОЙ | ФИЛОСОФИИ | ГУСТАВА | ШПЕТА | ПЕРВАЯ | ЧАСТЬ | 1922 | ПЕТЕРБУРГ | ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО “КОЛОС” || Title-page: similar lettering in black only with no frame. Design of the front wrapper and the publisher’s device (π1) by Николай Николаевич Вышеславцев [N. Vysheslavstev] (Russian, 1890 – 1952). Title: Sketch on the development of Russian philosophy, Part one. [Part two was never published]. Author: Густав Густавович Шпет [Gustav Shpet] (Russian, 1879 – 1937) – executed by fire squad on 16 November 1937. -
Hardcover volume, 31 x 23.8 cm, bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine, in pictorial dust jacket, pp.: [1-9] 10-255 [256], ils. 1st edition. Title-page: RENDERING | IN PEN | AND INK | BY ARTHUR L. GUPTILL | EDITED BY SUSAN E. MEYER | WATSON- GUPTILL PUBLICATIONS, NEW YORK || Contributors: Arthur L. Guptill (American, 1891 – 1956) – author. Susan E. Meyer (American, b. 1940) – editor. Printed by Halliday Lithograph Corp. – printer. -
A set of sixteen pen and ink wash drawings on wove paper by an anonymous artist after lithographs by André Collot, who illustrated the 1935 edition of Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l’école du libertinage, by the Marquis de Sade, based on the original autograph manuscript by Maurice Heine. The set is housed in a rough texture paper folder with an ink manuscript to the front: LE MARQUIS DE SADE. | Les 120 journées | DE SODOME || Size: 340 x 250 mm (folder); 335 x 252 (sheet); approx. 160 x 110 (image). Contributors: Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (French, 1740 – 1814) – author. Maurice Heine (French, 1884 – 1940) – publisher of the original Les 120 journées. André Collot (French, 1897-1976) – artist of the original illustrations for the 1935 edition. This set was produced by an anonymous artist from the bohemian Montmartre, Montparnasse, or the School of Fine Arts, close to the booksellers', by demand of an excentric bibliophile, at about the same time. Collot's illustrations can be found at www.honesterotica.com. -
Paperback, 21.3 x 14.4 cm, 8vo, in original wrappers, lettered to front and spine, printed on brownish paper, previous owner's blue crayon manuscript, water stain to the outside, collated [1] 2-208 2110 (total 340 pp.); pp: [1-5] 6-340. Title-page: Пооф. В. Я. ПРОПП | ИСТОРИЧЕСКИЕ | КОРНИ | ВОЛШЕБНОЙ СКАЗКИ | ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО | ЛЕНИНГРАДСКОГО ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО | ОРДЕНА ЛЕНИНА УНИВЕРСИТЕТА | ЛЕНИНГРАД | 1946 || Print run: 10,000 copies. Contributors: Владимир Яковлевич Пропп [Vladimir Propp] (Russian, 1895 – 1970) For the circulation copy see [LIB-1710.2019] В. Я. Пропп. Исторические корни волшебной сказки (2-е изд.) — Л.: Изд-во ЛГУ, 1986. English title: [LIB-1615.2018] V. Propp. Morphology of the Folktale. — Austin: University of Texas Press, 1979. -
Paperback, 21.5 x 13.6 cm, red and white original wrappers with black lettering, barcode label to front, previous owner’s black ink ms to h.t. Rene Shekerjian; pp.: [i-vii] viii-xxvi[1-3] 4-158 (total 184 pp.). Title-page: Morphology | of the | Folktale | by | V. Propp | First Edition Translated by Lawrence Scott with an Introduction by Svatava Pirkova-Jacobson | Second Edition Revised and Edited with a Preface by Louis A. Warner/New Introduction by Alan Dundes | University of Texas Press • Austin and London || Serial title: American Folklore Society Bibliographical and Special Series | Volume 9/Revised Edition/1968 | [blank] Indiana University Research Center in Anthropology, Folklore, | and Linguistics | Publication 10/Revised Edition/1968 || Edition: 7th paperback printing. Contributors: Владимир Яковлевич Пропп [Vladimir Propp] (Russian, 1895 – 1970) For other editions, see [LIB-1710.2019] В. Я. Пропп. Исторические корни волшебной сказки (2-е изд.) — Л.: Изд-во ЛГУ, 1986; [LIB-3184.2023] В. Я. Пропп. Исторические корни волшебной сказки (1-е изд.) — Л.: Изд-во Ленинградского ун-та, 1946, and [LIB-1718.2019] В. Я. Пропп. Морфология сказки / Серия: Вопросы поэтики, вып. XII. — Л.: Academia, 1928. -
Flapped folder of thick embossed paper 353 x 263 mm, with a vignette and manuscript to front: Stunden der Erbauung | 7 | ergötz liebe Bilder aus | dem Leben frommer Brü | der und Schwestern | • | M. Leÿtho. ||, six graphite pencil drawings, each glued to a paper sheet with guard tissue; mat size 339 x 253 mm mat; drawing size 220 x 165 mm. Translation of the title: Hours of Edification / 7 delightful pictures from the lives of pious brothers and sisters. Information about the artist at www.honesterotica.com: "Mitja Leytho, almost certainly a pseudonym, is yet another mediocre yet fascinating amateur artist from the Germany of the 1920s about whom we know absolutely nothing beyond the four portfolios which bear the ‘Leytho’ signature". -
Hardcover volume, 23 x 15 cm, bound in full pictorial olive cloth, lettering to spine, in a green slipcase 23.5 x 15.9 cm; pp.: [1-4] 5- 267 [268] [4 blanks], b/w tailpieces, frontispiece and 8 colour photomechanical plates after John Holder. Title-page: GRAHAM GREENE | TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT | A Novel | Introduced by John Mortimer | Illustrated by John Holder | FOLIO SOCIETY | LONDON MMIV || Contributors: Graham Greene (British, 1904 – 1991) – author. John Mortimer (British, 1923 – 2009) – author/introduction. John Holder (British, b. 1941) – artist. St. Edmundsbury Press (UK) – printer. Hunter & Fouls (Haddington) – binder. Folio Society (UK) – publisher. For the 1st edition, see [LIB-2758.2021] Graham Greene. Travels with my aunt: a novel. — London: Bodley Head, 1969. -
![[Hippolyte Prosper Olivier LISSAGARAY]. History of the Commune of 1871 / Translated from the French of Lissagaray by Eleanor Marx Aveling. London: Reeved and Turner, 1886. pp.: [i-v] vi-xv [1] 2-500.](https://varshavskycollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LIB-1110.2016-d-500x500.jpeg)
Hardcover volume, collated in-8o, 21.9 c 14.6 cm, bound in half red morocco over red buckram by Palmer, Hove & Co. (Manchester), ruled in gilt, marbled end-papers, top edge gilt, spine with raised bands, ruled in gilt, gilt lettering; bookplate "Ex libris William John Robertson" with black ink ms dated 1922 to front pastedown. Insert paper clipping “In Memoriam” marked “D.W. 25.1.61.” Graphite ms to t.p.: “[assisted by Karl Marx]”. Pp.: [i-v] vi-xv [xvi blank], [1] 2-500; collation: ffl blank first and last, π8 A-2H8 2I2. Title-page: HISTORY | OF | THE COMMUNE OF 1871. | Translated from the French of | LISSAGARAY, | BY | ELEANOR MARX AVELING. | LONDON: | REEVES AND TURNER, 196 STRAND. | 1886.|| Contributors: Hippolyte Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray (French, 1838 – 1901) – author. Eleanor Marx [Aveling] (British, 1855 – 1898) – translator. William John Robertson (Canadian, 1846 – 1894) – provenance. The Russian translation of the same title: [LIB-1158.2016] Э. Лиссагарэ. История Парижской Коммуны в 1871 г. (Дешевая библиотека, № 274) / Пер. под ред. В. Базарова. — С.-Петербург: Знание, 1906. -
Hardcover volume 28.5 x 20.8 cm, quarter brown morocco over marbled boards, ruled in gilt, spine with raised bands, gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, top margin gilt, original lithographic wrappers designed by A. Willette preserved; pp.: [4] h.t., t.p., [1] 2-350 [2], 300 b/w ils in-text and 12 coloured photomechanical reproductions extraneous to collation; collated in-4o: π2 1-444; Title-page: L'ART DU RIRE | ET DE | LA CARICATURE | PAR ARSÈNE ALEXANDRE | 300 FAC-SIMILÉS EN NOIR ET 12 PLANCHES EN COULEURS | D’APRÈS LES ORIGINAUX | {vignette} | PARIS | ANCIENNE MAISON QUANIN | LIBRAIRIES-IMPRIMERIES RÉUNIES | 7, RUE ST-BENOIT | MAY & MOTTEROZ, DIRECTEURS || Contributors : Librairie-Imprimerie réunies (Paris, 1880-1908) – publisher. Arsène Alexandre (French, 1859 – 1937) – author. Adolphe Willette (French, 1857 – 1926) – artist (wrapper) -
Hardcover volume, 28.7 x 24.7 cm, pictorial paper boards, pictorial endpapers, pp. :[1-6] 7-224, 207 colour ils. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum, 10 March to 4 June 2023. Title-page: SUBLIME IDEAS | — | DRAWINGS BY | GIOVANNI BATTISTA | PIRANESI | John Marciari | THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM, NEW YORK | in association with | PAUL HOLBERTON PUBLISHING || Contributors: John Marciari (American, b. 1971) – author. Giovanni Battista [Giambattista] Piranesi (Italian, 1720 – 1778) – artist. -
Hardcover volume, 35 x 26 cm, bound in pictorial paper boards with a lettered label to front cover, black lettering to spine, pictorial dust jacket, pictorial endpapers, pp.: [1-5] 6-787 [788], 1028 colour ils., trilingual edition (English, German, French). Title-page (red and black): LUIGI FICACCI | ISTITUTO NAZIONALE PER LA GRAFICA, ROME | Giovanni Battista | PIRANESI | Catalogue of the Complete Etchings | Gesamtkatalog der Radierungen | Catalogue raisonné des eaux-fortes | TASCHEN || Contributors: Luigi Ficacci (Italian, b. 1954) – author. Giovanni Battista [Giambattista] Piranesi (Italian, 1720 – 1778) – artist. -
Hardcover volume, 25.3 x 19.6 cm, bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, pictorial dust jacket, crimson endpapers, pp.: [1-4] 5-160, ils. Title-page: THE MAN WHO MADE PARIS | PARIS | THE ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY OF | GEORGES-EUGENE HAUSSMANN | WILLET WEEKS | Photographer of | scenes of Paris today | JEAN-CLAUDE MARTIN | (in frame) LONDON / HOUSE || Contributors: Willet Weeks (American)– author. Jean-Claude Martin (French-American) – photographer. Georges Eugène Haussmann (French, 1809 – 1891) – character.
